The objective of the Conference “Forstwissenschaften: Grundlage nachhaltiger Waldbewirtschaftung” / “Forestry: The base for sustainable forest management”, organized by the University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology was to present new findings of forest risk management, biodiversity and potential studies. For more information please refer to http://www.fowitagung2010.uni-goettingen.de/ .